I’ve decided to give myself another writing challenge: the Australian Writers’ Centre’s First Friday Fix challenge. Now that the Furious Fiction competition has moved from monthly to quarterly, the Australian Writers’ Centre are now providing First Friday Fix – a 50-word story writing challenge that is held in the months between the Furious Fiction competition. First Friday Fix started in
Read moreEarlier this year, the Australian Writers’ Centre encouraged writers to submit a 29-word story with a road trip theme. I’ve finally written my 29-word story, which can be found below. *** Road Trip I’m on the road, finally free, out of quarantine, going back home (if it’s even home anymore). I forgot how long highways and isolation can be, I’m
Read moreIn February, the Australian Writers’ Centre (AWC) celebrated the Furious Fiction competition’s third birthday by putting a call out to participants to share their own experiences, insights or perspectives on the competition. The AWC shared the responses they received here. My response wasn’t included, so I thought I’d publish it below. *** Furious Fiction and Me I fell in love
Read moreIn July 2020, the Australian Writers’ Centre encouraged writers to submit a 23-word story inspired by the image above. More than a year later (due to falling behind with my writing projects), I’ve finally written my 23-word story, which can be found below. *** Elephant in the Room An elephant in my sleep, now one in my living room. I
Read moreAround March-April 2020, when social distancing and border lockdowns were enforced for the first time in Australia, the Australian Writers’ Centre encouraged writers to share how they felt about COVID-19 in 19 words – no more, no less. More than a year later (due to falling behind with my writing projects), I’ve finally written my own 19-word micro story about
Read moreI decided to give myself another writing challenge: the Australian Writers’ Centre Furious Fiction monthly competition. On the first weekend of every month, the Australian Writers’ Centre publishes a brief with rules/prompt for the current month’s competition. The brief is released on the first Friday and the deadline is 11.59pm that Sunday. It is a short story competition with a
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